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Getting there

King's Cross is one of the biggest transport interchanges in Europe and is just a 5 minute walk from the museum. Bus 17, 91(northbound), 59(southbound), 259(northbound), 390(southbound) stop in Wharfdale Road, a 2 minute walk from us.

Additional info

Free mooring for visitors arriving by boat during their visit.Overnight mooring (fee payable) - book overnight in advance if possible.

Centrepiece is the narrowboat Coronis with a reconstructed cabin into which visitors can step, listening to the sound of a family having their meal and discussing their lives. Our collection includes "roses and castles" canal art and other decorative art, lifting, handling and weighing equipment for cargo, horse care equipment, and the working Bantam IV tug which is moored outside.

Key artists and exhibits

Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.

Seasonal event

The Amazing Halloween Experience.

28 — 29 October 2017 3-9:30pm

The event includes story telling in the museum by our witch whose spine-chilling tales will make your flesh creep, decorations, and a trip through the three-quarter-mile-long Islington Tunnel on a decorated narrowboat in the dark!

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Website

Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.

Digital and online resources

Barging Through London - Film

1924 film on video of a journey through London by horse drawn barge on the Regent's Canal. Shows street scenes and extensive footage of the canal and its traffic.

Creator

Parkingson, Harry

Publisher

Canal Museum Trust

How to obtain

Shown at London Canal Museum during normal hours. Also copies available (VHS format) by post, send cheque for £11.95 payable to Canal Museum Trust to 12-13 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RT (UK only - please enquire for postage charge if outside the UK)

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Carlo Gatti

Brief story of Carlo Gatti (1817-1878) the Swiss immigrant who built up a large business empire in London, as an ice importer, ice cream merchant, and restaurateur.

Creator

London Canal Museum

Publisher

London Canal Museum

How to obtain

online

Digital and online resources

Children's Activity Zone

A corner of the London Canal Museum equipped with a range of books for children on canal related topics, fact and fiction, plus interactive activities on a whiteboard, and a fun bridge-building activity - build an arch bridge and stand on it!

Creator

London Canal Museum

Publisher

London Canal Museum

How to obtain

Visit to museum 1000-1630 Tuesdays to Sundays. Groups of children by appointment (Tel 020 7713 0836 or e-mail jandmgwalter@easynet.co.uk). Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Digital and online resources

"Coronis" Narrowboat

Narrowboat butty "Coronis", with walk-in reconstruction of a Grand Union Canal Carrying Company cabin. Recorded sound of a canal family at dinner (by Keepers Lock Theatre) enables adult of child visitors to understand more of the social history and lives of canal workers.

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Education Online - the canal education website

Online education resources covering the development of canal transport in the UK. Set of 49 linked illustrated exhibits with additional information and illustrations covering the social and economic history of the way canals made the industrial revolution possible. Education website is divided into a learning zone, a family zone and a teacher zone.

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Guided MP3 Towpath Tour

A guided tour of the towpath of the Regent's Canal in London from Camden to King's Cross, presented by London Canal Museum in MP3 format for fre download. The tour is a historical commentary to be used on a portable MP3 player whilst walking the walk, and explains the history of the canal as you pass along it. Suitable for adults and teenagers. Available from the museum's main website and mobile site and through Itunes.

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History of Ice Cream

A brief history of ice cream with photograph of "stop me and buy one" cycle in London Canal Museum

Creator

London Canal Museum

Publisher

London Canal Museum

How to obtain

online

Digital and online resources

History of Ice Cream Exhibition

Exhibition of the history of ice cream with a wide range of ice cream artifacts.

Creator

Canal Museum Trust

Publisher

London Canal Museum

How to obtain

Permanent display to museum visitors

Boxes, objects and other kit

Horse Power Exhibition

We tell the story of London's working goods carrying horses on the streets and the canals. A repreoduction of a stable stall from the building is complemented by displays and artifact exhibitions about the care of the horse, harness, and horse boating.

Creator

Canal Museum Trust

Publisher

London Canal Museum

How to obtain

Permanent display to museum visitors

Boxes, objects and other kit

Ice Wells in Victorian Ice Warehouse

The two huge ice wells that once supplied ice to Victorian London are uniquely preserved under what is now London Canal Museum. Visitors can peer down at a brick lined cavern and learn about the ice trade.

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London Canal Museum - Education Worksheets for Schools

The museum offers a wide range of free downloadable resources. There are too many to list here but teachers should look at the Teacher Zone on the museum's extensive website where resources are grouped by Key Stage of the National Curriculum. Some of these resouces are teacher-led activities that may also be used by parents.

Creator

London Canal Museum

Publisher

London Canal Museum

How to obtain

Available online, free of charge

Digital and online resources

London Waterways Map

(from April 2007) a very large map of London's waterways showing historical and geographical detail.

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Mrs Marshall, Queen of Ice Cream

A brief illustrated look at Mrs Agnes B. Marshall, the Victorian mistress of ice cream and cookery. She invented the ice cream cone, and taught cookery to thousands. Had she lived later, she would without doubt have been a television cookery star!

Creator

London Canal Museum

Publisher

London Canal Museum

Resources

Multimedia Guide

We offer a multimedia museum guide on the OOKL platform. This is available for Android and iPhones, and on the worldwide web. The guide offers additional interpretation of items in the collection and around the museum, including video and audio content that explains how things work.

Creator

London Canal Museum

Publisher

London canal Museum

How to obtain

Online, or using OOKL Android and iPhone applications

Digital and online resources

Norway's Ice to London - Victorian ice import

Illustrated story of how Norwegian ice was imported to supply Victorian London with ice. Includes archive pictures and map graphics. Ice was imported by sea and then carried on the Regent's Canal to be stored in ice wells, then distributed by horse and cart.

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The River Lee Navigation

Brief history of the River Lee navigation, a river which became a commercial waterway through man made improvements.

Creator

London Canal Museum

Publisher

London Canal Museum

How to obtain

online

Digital and online resources

Video - The Regent's Canal

1992 video giving a general overview of the Regent's Canal

Creator

Canal Museum Trust

Publisher

Canal Museum Trust

How to obtain

Shown at London Canal Museum during normal hours. Also copies available (VHS format) by post, send cheque for £11.95 payable to Canal Museum Trust to 12-13 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RT (UK only - please enquire for postage charge if outside the UK)

Face to face resources

Website Teacher Zone

The Teacher Zone of the London Canal Museum website is a complete catalogue of our very wide range of educational resources including free lesson plans, activities, and workshops in the museum, backed by teachers' notes, practical information and advice and all sorts of other useful information about the great range of educational resources at Key Stages 1-3 that we offer.

Creator

London Canal Museum

Publisher

London Canal Museum

How to obtain

online

Digital and online resources

Weighing and Handling Exhibition

Display of equipment for cargo handling including weighing machines, wall mounted hoist, and other equipment.

Creator

Canal Museum Trust

Publisher

London Canal Museum

How to obtain

Getting there

King's Cross is one of the biggest transport interchanges in Europe and is just a 5 minute walk from the museum. Bus 17, 91(northbound), 59(southbound), 259(northbound), 390(southbound) stop in Wharfdale Road, a 2 minute walk from us.

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